Just in time for el Día de San Valentín, tune in to our Spanish Podcast to hear this lovely story and enrich your listening comprehension skills.
The history of the world is full of fatal love stories, from Romeo and Juliet to the Lovers of Teruel in Spain. In Ecuador there is a love story that is over 6000 years old: los Amantes de Sumpa. This is the popular name given to the skeleton remains of a young couple who died, apparently, making love.
The couple lived over 6000 years ago, and their position suggests that they died in a loving embrace. However, most of their history is still shrouded in mystery.
Click play to listen to the romantic tale of los amantes de Sumpa, the perfect example of a love constant beyond death:
